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Parent Overview Year 1

Please find below our Parent Overview detailing what our children in Year 1 are learning this week. 

Date w/c 17/11/25

Curriculum area We are learning to…

Literacy   

 

 

 

This week in Literacy we will be looking at famous London Landmarks with Paddington. Paddington will then write a letter to Aunt Lucy telling her all about them! The children will be reconnecting their learning from last week about using personal pronouns, he, we, me, she, I when writing a letter and to use capital letters for names of places. 
Maths This week in maths we will continue to explore composition of shapes. We will investigate tetromino and pentomino arrangements (how we can create different arrangements using 4 and 5 squares). We will also investigate ways that four cubes can be composed into different 3D models. We will then explore, discuss and compare 3D shapes. 

Phonics and Handwriting  

Phonics: This week we will be recapping all the sounds we have learnt and revising our knowledge of long vowels. We will practise applying these in our reading and writing. 
Wider Curriculum 

Science – to investigate the suitability of materials for a picnic blanket for Paddington 

RSHE – to understand that families are different in many ways but that it is love that matters  

Music – to make soundscapes of the fire spreading from the Great Fire of London  

PE – to introduce power and speed when sending a ball. 

History – How do we know about the Great Fire Of London?  

Computing- to create an animated story books 

Other Information

On the morning of Tuesday 25th November, we will be taking part in our interactive online Great Fire of London workshop. If you would like to help in your child’s class for the morning please speak to your child’s class teacher.  

Thank you! 

 

Please note this is a basic overview of the planning for this week. It is impossible to cover in this outline all the learning that takes place during a week!  We also believe in listening to your children and responding to their interests and ideas therefore all our planning is flexible. Please note some of the learning will take place across more than one week and during some weeks the learning focus may not cover all curriculum areas.